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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when M'sieur Pierre sits down?
(a) The chair is too deep and he must sit on the forward edge.
(b) The chair is too weak and the seat cracks beneath him.
(c) His legs do not reach the floor.
(d) He bends his body as if sitting but floats an inch above the chair seat.

2. What does Cincinnatus credit his lawyer with?
(a) Avoiding doing anything at all at the trial.
(b) Making eloquent speeches that accomplish nothing.
(c) Saving him from a worse punishment than beheading.
(d) Making himself look good at Cincinnatus's expense.

3. How old is Emmie?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

4. How does Cincinnatus feel about his wife?
(a) He likes her.
(b) He doesn't care about her.
(c) He hates her.
(d) He loves her.

5. Where does Rodion tell Cincinnatus to go while his cell is cleaned?
(a) Down to the guards' quarters.
(b) To another cell.
(c) Up to the roof.
(d) Out in the hall.

6. What job does Cincinnatus take on in his twenties?
(a) Window washer.
(b) Kindergarten teacher.
(c) Cake baker.
(d) Factory manager.

7. Where did Cincinnatus grow up?
(a) In an orphanage.
(b) In a foster home.
(c) Homeless on the streets.
(d) In a convent.

8. What is the one difference between Marthe's two identical twin brothers?
(a) One has a black mustache and the other a blonde one.
(b) One is missing a hand, and he keeps his false hand in is pocket.
(c) One is an inch taller than the other.
(d) One wears all red clothes and the other all black.

9. What does Cincinnatus write is more real than the everyday world?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Death.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Dreams.

10. What does Cincinnatus do to try and look out the window?
(a) He crawls through a tunnel.
(b) He stands on a table.
(c) He climbs up the wall.
(d) He jumps up in the air.

11. What is Marthe wearing when she meets with Cincinnatus?
(a) A good black dress and a velvet ribbon choker.
(b) A flowing white dress with silver trim.
(c) A bright blue tafetta dress with golden bracelets.
(d) A short red dress and high heeled shoes.

12. What reason does Cincinnatus write that he is too dangerous as his own accomplice?
(a) He means to betray himself.
(b) He knows too much.
(c) He distrusts himself.
(d) He cannot control himself.

13. How does the judge deliver Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) He puts up a sign over the window.
(b) He shouts it out to the courtroom.
(c) He writes it on a piece of paper and gives it to Cincinnatus' attorney.
(d) He whispers it in Cincinnatus' ear.

14. What does the director request Cincinnatus to do?
(a) Write down his requests for his last meal.
(b) Write a formal welcome for the executioner.
(c) Write a formal note of thanks to the director.
(d) Write a last will and testament.

15. Which way does Rodion sharpen a pencil?
(a) With his teeth.
(b) Away from himself with a knife.
(c) Alternately away from himself and toward himself with a knife.
(d) Toward himself with a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where on the table does Rodion set the vase of flowers?

2. What present has one of Marthe's brothers brought Cincinnatus?

3. What does the prison director scold the prisoner for doing?

4. Who turns the cell light out?

5. What does Cincinnatus do when he undresses at the end of his second day in prison?

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